You won't believe the question that won PVD's Matt Harvey his round in "Jeopardy!" tournament

In the end, whether or not Providence's Matt Harvey won his round of the "Jeopardy!" Second Chance Tournament and $10,000 came down to the last question of the game, under the category state capitals.

The clue was: "The 2 closest state capitals, at about 40 miles apart, one was founded by someone no longer allowed in the other."

And that was an easy one for Harvey, who was the only one to get it right. And it's probably an easy one for most of the people who read The Providence Journal.

What are Boston and Providence?

Having bet big with an $18,000 wager – representing all of the "money" he had won in his third night of the tournament – the answer catapulted him into first place. Up until that point, he was in second place.

It also was one of the many times throughout his Jeopardy! run that what he called a "Rhode Island cluster" has been created, where another Rhode Island moment happens that same week– or in this case, the same show – that he's playing in.

With this win, he advances to the Champions Wildcard tournament.

How he did earlier in the tournament

In his second night in the "Jeopardy!" Second Chance Tournament, Providence's Matt Harvey once again won.

Playing against previous winners Michael Cavaliere and Randall Rayford, Harvey ended with $10,000 despite missing the final question. That left him with a $1,700 lead over Cavaliere and a $5,000 lead over Rayford.

All three return to the Alex Trebek Stage on Monday.

In his first game in the Second Chance Tournament on Thursday night, Harvey dominated.

First to the buzzer and taking an early lead in the game, Harvey dominated in his return to the Alex Trebek Stage. Except for one brief moment when another opponent tied with him after correctly answering a Daily Double, he held his lead throughout the game. He cinched it by correctly answering the final question, finishing with $29,400.

Who is Matt Harvey on 'Jeopardy!'?

Harvey moved to Rhode Island more than 30 years ago to attend Brown University and never left. He works in administration at Integra Community Care Network, a division of the Care New England Health System, is married and has twin 15-year-olds.

He first competed on "Jeopardy!" in November 2022, coming in second to Cris Pannullo, who was on game 16 of what ended up being a 21-day streak.

"When I got the text message from 'Jeopardy!' asking me to come back, it almost didn't quite feel real," Harvey said in an interview ahead of the Jan. 4 game airing. "This Second Chance Tournament that they do is such a great idea, I think, for people exactly in my position."

The second Rhode Islander on Jeopardy this week

The strangest thing about Harvey's "Jeopardy!" appearances is that this is the second time he has been part of what he dubbed a Rhode Island cluster, with two Rhode Island contestants competing in the same week and a Rhode Island question.

The first time he played, North Smithfield resident Meghan Mello also played, and there was a question asking the contestants to identify "The Renaissance City" and "PVD" that no one got. (What is Providence?)

This time, Pawtucket resident Sharon Bishop played on Tuesday night, and there was another Rhode Island-themed question.

Do you know? Can you answer this Rhode Island themed question they asked on "Jeopardy!" tonight?

"What are the chances, given the size of our little state, that there are two of us?" Harvey said. "I guess I bring clusters around. I'm a Rhode Island 'Jeopardy cluster' creator."

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Here's the question PVD's Matt Harvey got right to win Jeopardy!